Work & commute · Loup

Work & commute in Loup, NE

Most working residents leave Loup for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Broken Bow (28%), Columbus (10%) and Ansley (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 39 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

52 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 38 Loup residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loup.

38live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loup goes to work

Broken Bow18.9 mi away

28%11

Columbus115.6 mi away

10%4

Ansley13.3 mi away

8%3

Mason City14.2 mi away

5%2

Grand Island63.9 mi away

5%2

Omaha181.9 mi away

5%2

Delight23.1 mi away

5%2

Callaway21.9 mi away

3%1

Arnold38.7 mi away

3%1

Ravenna34.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%10

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Loup commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

18%

28%

5%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loup is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Loup are

4 jobs are based in Loup. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Loup’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Loup

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Loup residents hold

39 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+100%

Jobs based in Loup, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.